barmy
1 of 2adjective (1)
ˈbär-mē 
barmier; barmiest
: full of froth or ferment
barmy
2 of 2adjective (2)
barmier; barmiest
chiefly British
: balmy sense 2
Synonyms
Adjective (2)
- balmy
- bats
- batty
- bedlam
- bonkers
- brainsick
- bughouse [slang]
- certifiable
- crackbrained
- cracked
- crackers
- crackpot
- cranky [dialect]
- crazed
- crazy
- cuckoo
- daffy
- daft
- demented
- deranged
- fruity [slang]
- gaga
- haywire
- insane
- kooky
- kookie
- loco [slang]
- loony
- looney
- loony tunes
- looney tunes
- lunatic
- mad
- maniacal
- maniac
- mental
- meshuga
- meshugge
- meshugah
- meshuggah
- moonstruck
- non compos mentis
- nuts
- nutty
- psycho
- psychotic
- scatty [chiefly British]
- screwy
- unbalanced
- unhinged
- unsound
- wacko
- whacko
- wacky
- whacky
- wud [chiefly Scottish]
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Word History
Etymology
Adjective (2)
alteration of balmy
First Known Use
Adjective (1)
15th century, in the meaning defined above
Adjective (2)
1872, in the meaning defined above
barmy
adjective
as in psychotic
having or showing a very abnormal or sick state of mind a farm in Yorkshire that seemed to be run by a barmy old man Synonyms & Similar Words
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- psychotic
- lunatic
- nuts
- insane
- mad
- crazy
- gaga
- maniac
- maniacal
- paranoid
- bonkers
- mental
- batty
- psycho
- daft
- crazed
- demented
- loony
- cuckoo
- disturbed
- deranged
- unhinged
- wacko
- crackpot
- daffy
- nutty
- strange
- ballistic
- eccentric
- kooky
- looney
- moonstruck
- scatty
- certifiable
- haywire
- bedlam
- wacky
- irrational
- cracked
- whacky
- bats
- loco
- around the bend
- unbalanced
- screwy
- bughouse
- whacko
- paranoidal
- crackers
- foolish
- brainsick
- fruity
- kookie
- meshuga
- unsound
- odd
- depressed
- balmy
- obsessed
- unreasonable
- meshuggah
- meshugge
- wud
- loony tunes
- meshugah
- dotty
- looney tunes
- fey
- loopy
- out to lunch
- schizophrenic
- distraught
- queer
- crackbrained
- off
- non compos mentis
- distracted
- cranky
- neurotic
- frantic
- paranoiac
- schizoid
- disordered
- hysterical
- delirious
- oddball
- delusional
- nuclear
- touched
- sociopathic
- off one's rocker
- out of one's mind
- off one's gourd
- off one's head
- aberrant
- out of one's head
- berserk
- delusionary
- hysteric
- witless
- raving
- tetched
- paranoic
- bananas
- pixilated
- potty
- ape
- pixillated
- amok
- monomaniac
- obsessive-compulsive
- teched
- monomaniacal
- fixated
- senseless
- frenzied
- amuck
- wigged-out
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- sane
- sound
- rational
- sensible
- balanced
- reasonable
- clear
- judicious
- lucid
- compos mentis
- wise
- normal
- uncrazy
- healthy
- unneurotic
- well-adjusted
- all agog
- all along
- all and sundry
- all around
- all bets are off
- all but
- all but certain to
- all by one's lonesome
- all caps
- all choked up
- all clear
- all decked out
- all ears
- all every point of the compass
- all eyes
- all eyes are on
- all fingers and thumbs
- all fives
- All Fools' Day
- all for
- all for naught
- all for the best
- all fours
- all get-out
- all go